Antonyms for wittiness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : wit-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪt i |
Definition of wittiness
Origin :- Old English wittig "clever, wise;" see wit (n.) "intellect" + -y (2). Meaning "possessing sparkling wit" is recorded from 1580s.
- As in repartee : noun pleasant conversation
- As in wit : noun humor
- As in comicality : noun humor
- As in comicalness : noun humor
- As in drollness : noun humor
- As in farcicality : noun humor
- As in funniness : noun humor
- As in imaginativeness : noun imagination
- As in jocosity : noun humor
- As in ludicrousness : noun humor
- As in ridiculousness : noun humor
- As in comedy : noun funny entertainment
- As in eloquence : noun skillful way with words
- As in humor : noun comedy, funniness
- As in imagination : noun power to create in one's mind
- But the prettiness and wittiness are Betty's; do we not all know that?
- Extract from : « Love's Usuries » by Louis Creswicke
- And the result would be that he would kill the wittiness of the lines by burlesque.
- Extract from : « The Secrets of a Savoyard » by Henry A. Lytton
- A man of more wisdom than wittiness, and brain than fancy; and abler to any thing than to make verses.
- Extract from : « Microcosmography » by John Earle
Synonyms for wittiness
- ability
- acuteness
- amusement
- answer
- aphorism
- appeal
- articulation
- artistry
- awareness
- badinage
- ball
- banter
- bee
- bent
- bias
- bon mot
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- camp
- caprice
- chaffing
- character
- chimera
- clowning
- cognition
- comeback
- comedy
- comic drama
- comicality
- comicalness
- command of language
- complexion
- conceit
- conception
- creation
- creative thought
- creativity
- delivery
- diction
- disposition
- dramatic
- drollery
- drollness
- enterprise
- expression
- expressiveness
- expressivity
- fabrication
- facetiousness
- facility
- fancy
- fantasy
- farce
- farcicality
- farcicalness
- fervor
- field day
- flight of fancy
- flippancy
- flow
- fluency
- force
- forcefulness
- frame of mind
- fun
- fun and games
- funnies
- funniness
- gag
- gag show
- gaiety
- gift of gab
- grandiloquence
- grins
- happiness
- high camp
- high spirits
- high time
- hilariousness
- hilarity
- hoopla
- humor
- humorousness
- idea
- ideality
- illusion
- image
- imagery
- individualism
- individuality
- ingenuity
- insight
- inspiration
- intelligence
- interlude
- invention
- inventiveness
- irony
- jest
- jesting
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- joke
- joking
- joyfulness
- kidding
- lark
- laughs
- levity
- light entertainment
- lightness
- loquacity
- ludicrousness
- makeup
- meaningfulness
- mellifluousness
- mental agility
- merry-go-round
- mind
- nature
- nonsense
- notion
- oration
- oratory
- originality
- passion
- perceptibility
- persiflage
- personality
- persuasiveness
- picnic
- play on
- playfulness
- pleasantry
- poise
- power
- practical joke
- prank
- propensity
- pun
- quip
- quirk
- raillery
- realization
- rejoinder
- repartee
- reply
- resourcefulness
- response
- retort
- rhetoric
- ridiculousness
- riposte
- sally
- sarcasm
- satire
- schtick
- send-up
- sitcom
- slapstick
- spirit
- spirits
- strain
- style
- supposition
- takeoff
- temper
- thought
- thoughtfulness
- tomfoolery
- tone
- travesty
- trick
- unreality
- vagary
- vaudeville
- vein
- verve
- vigor
- vision
- visualization
- vivacity
- volubility
- waggery
- waggishness
- whim
- whimsicality
- whimsy
- wisecrack
- wisecracking
- wit
- witticism
- wittiness
- wordplay
- zaniness
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